取之不盡，用之有餘

Chinese

		to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	's; him/her/it; this	not; no	to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)		to use	's; him/her/it; this	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	remainder
trad. (取之不盡，用之有餘)		取	之	不	盡	，	用	之	有	餘
simp. (取之不尽，用之有余/取之不尽，用之有馀)		取	之	不	尽	，	用	之	有	余/馀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǔ zhī bù jìn, yòng zhī yǒu yú

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ , ㄩㄥˋ ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǔ zhī bù jìn, yòng zhī yǒu yú [Phonetic: qǔ zhī bú jìn, yòng zhī yǒu yú]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄓ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ , ㄩㄥˋ ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔ jhih bù jìn, yòng jhih yǒu yú
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü³ chih¹ pu⁴ chin⁴, yung⁴ chih¹ yu³ yü²
    • Yale: chyǔ jr̄ bù jìn-, yùng jr̄ yǒu yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheu jy bu jinn, yonq jy yeou yu
    • Palladius: цюй чжи бу цзинь, юн чжи ю юй (cjuj čži bu czinʹ, jun čži ju juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/

Idiom

取之不盡，用之有餘

1. Synonym of 取之不盡，用之不竭／取之不尽，用之不竭 (qǔ zhī bù jìn, yòng zhī bù jié, “(of resources) inexhaustible”)